CVE-2015-2706

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2015-04-20
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
1213935: CVE-2015-2706 Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.

Find out more about CVE-2015-2706 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of Firefox and Thunderbird package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Not affected

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